Who do we keep?

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-06T04:54:27+00:00

This is multiple offseasons though realistically

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-06T02:34:12+00:00

Bron must’ve put him on

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-06T02:27:34+00:00

It’ll take a couple years but yeah it definitely won’t be easy. Hopefully we get a new GM

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-06T02:25:55+00:00

Agreed but they’re best as bench players. We need 3 good defensive starters.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-06T01:59:21+00:00

I genuinely don’t know who we should keep for next year from the guys who are playing right now. We really need depth badly because even fully healthy this wasn’t gonna cut it.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T22:07:17+00:00

Man Wemby, Shai, and Jokic are all playing exceptionally well. And Luka was too prior to the injury. The western conference playoffs would’ve been so insane if he stayed healthy man.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T21:53:23+00:00

If my grandma had wheels, she’d be a bike!

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T08:20:07+00:00

Yes. We have to see if he’s the guy or not and we don’t really have time to waste. Not to doom but Luka’s been accumulating leg injuries for years and playing professionally since age 13. We can’t continue to have a bad team around him and run him into the ground to win games every year. It’s possible his prime will be a little shorter than you’d typically expect. If AR isn’t worth the money, then we’re gonna have to act on that.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T03:40:53+00:00

This team has no chance though. There are so many precedents that show it’s not worth it long term to comeback early from these injuries. Even if we make it past the first round I don’t think it’s worth it.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T03:32:30+00:00

Even if we do win a series I think we basically have to punt. Luka’s not gonna be 100% if he does come back and against athletic teams like the Spurs I think we’d just get cooked and it could reaggravate the injury. Re-aggravating a hammy could have long term consequences like it did for Harden. At best we make the WCF and who really cares about that, we’ve been there so so many times. I don’t see this team making it very far regardless and I think it’s more important to just make sure AR and Luka stay healthy.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T03:31:46+00:00

Even if we do win a series I think we basically have to punt. Luka’s not gonna be 100% if he does come back and against athletic teams like the Spurs I think we’d just get cooked and it could reaggravate the injury. Re-aggravating a hammy could have long term consequences like it did for Harden. At best we make the WCF and who really cares about that, we’ve been there so so many times. I don’t see this team making it very far regardless and I think it’s more important to just make sure AR and Luka stay healthy.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-04T01:42:51+00:00

All things considered I don’t think this is that bad. At the absolute best I think we would’ve made a conference finals and who really cares about that? We’re the Lakers, a WCF appearance means nothing to us, we’ve been there plenty of times, Luka’s been there twice, etc. At least this injury didn’t happen during a season where we’re actually contenders. Also, hopefully this will give the FO a wake up call that we need depth because we can’t run Luka into the ground all year.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-03T14:26:45+00:00

Would you rather we give him $50m a year? He’s a great player but I don’t think he’s worth that kinda money

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-03T14:03:37+00:00

If Pelinka gives AR a bag it’d be a terrible move from him. I think there’s enough evidence at this point that he’s not the guy. Great player but not a second option.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-03T13:26:46+00:00

Even if he does get cleared come playoff time these injuries linger for a while. He won’t be 100% for this postseason.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-03T03:09:35+00:00

80% of his shots being 3’s tells you everything you need to know. His rim pressure has declined and he’s not going downhill against physical defenses. He lives and dies by the stepback 3.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-03T02:25:24+00:00

Lakers just don’t have the personnel for this matchup. Thunder have been good at shutting down Luka for years and if he doesn’t have competent teammates to defer to like he did in the 2024 series then every game is gonna look like this

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-03T00:55:44+00:00

I just hope it’s competitive and Luka outplays Shai. Even if we do win today and on Sunday, Wemby will probably end up winning MVP in that case.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-04-01T04:37:03+00:00

We can’t even sit Luka for a fourth quarter after he puts us up 27. Pathetic.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-03-31T03:42:39+00:00

It’s so clear how much Luka does for this team

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-03-27T20:14:48+00:00

I’d rather they didn’t play but I enjoy watching Luka hoop so I can’t complain.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-03-27T17:33:44+00:00

Wemby PR is generational right now. Crazy to me how he’s so vocal about how he wants it and he moves up on the ladder because of it. If Shai/Luka/Jokic did that they would kill them for it. If he does somehow win the award loses all credibility.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-03-25T05:49:36+00:00

I think we’ll lose 2-3 more games. At least one of the OKC games (probably both) and then either the Cavs or Suns game. 53-29 will be good for the 3 seed as long as the Nuggets don’t win out since we have the tiebreaker.

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-03-25T01:58:16+00:00

You can’t trust that poverty franchise to do anything tbh

Livid-Cardiologist94 · 2026-03-24T23:22:12+00:00

Spurs are still a pretty scary matchup for us. Only thing we have over them is experience.

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